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Video: Maple Treats at the Fair

Posted on August 10, 2012 |
By Kaitlyn Kirkaldy



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The Addison County Maple Sugarmakers Association runs their sugarhouse every year at the fair. They make homemade maple goods including cotton candy and milkshakes.

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Vt. trio taking slow food message to world stage

Posted on August 2, 2012 |
By Andrea Suozzo



NEW HAVEN — Imagine spending five days in Italy, talking about food and agriculture with hundreds of other people from all over the world.

In October, that’s just what Elizabeth Frank, Hugo Lara and Emilie “Savitri” McDonald will be doing.

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Food aid recipients getting farmers market coupons

Posted on July 26, 2012 |
By Kaitlyn Kirkaldy



ADDISON COUNTY –– 3SquaresVT beneficiaries will now get more bang for their buck at Vermont farmers markets.

At the start of July the Northeastern Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA-VT), the Vermont Agency of Agriculture and the Wholesome Wave Foundation began Harvest Health Coupons, a new initiative designed to encourage beneficiaries of 3SquaresVT, the state’s food stamp program, to purchase food at farmers markets.

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Local crowd-funding enterprise boosts area farmers

Posted on July 23, 2012 |
By Andrea Suozzo



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MIDDLEBURY — For Middlebury resident Kevin Lehman, it wasn’t enough to put in a few dollars at a farmers’ market in support of local food and farming projects. Two years ago, he decided there needed to be a way for local entrepreneurs to raise more toward their goals.

“I wanted to do what I could to build a more sustainable, robust food system,” he said.

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Bristol's Bobcat brews a Vermont beer for flood relief

Posted on July 16, 2012 |
By Andrew Stein



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VERMONT — Amidst the thick muck and agricultural destruction at the University of Vermont’s Borderview Farm in Alburgh last September, walked a seemingly unlikely pair: UVM agronomist Heather Darby and Bobcat Café and Brewery brew master Mark Magiera.

For several years, the two have been studying hops together. And as they strolled through the UVM hop, barley and wheat farm, they couldn’t help but think about the many farmers who were reeling from the devastation wrought by Tropical Storm Irene.

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Ilsley hosts Iron Chef contest for area students

Posted on June 28, 2012 |
By Lauren Davidson



MIDDLEBURY ¾ The basement of the Ilsley Public Library was filled on Friday night with the enthusiasm of middle school and high school students and a colorful spread of foods ranging from chocolate to fruit pizza as about 20 teens were competing to win the title of “Iron Chef.”

The two-hour event was hosted by the Teen Advisory Group and funded by the library to promote teen after-hours special events.

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Shop infuses ice cream with unique flavor combinations

Posted on June 28, 2012 |
By Andrea Suozzo



BRISTOL — On one morning last week in the bright white interior of LuLu, the new Bristol ice cream shop, Martha Mack and Linda Harmon listed the day’s flavors on a hanging spool of paper.

“Basil,” Mack told her mother, who wrote out each flavor in colorful marker. “Caramelized banana. Curried peanut. Toasted coconut. Strawberry and tarragon sorbet.”

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Video: Iron Chef at the Ilsley Library

Posted on June 26, 2012 |
By Lauren Davidson



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The Ilsley Public Library was abuzz with an unusual activity last Friday night: middle and high school students were hard at work creating food masterpieces. At the teen after-hours event, some 20 middle school and high school students conjured up a colorful spread of foods ranging from chocolate to fruit pizza.

Video by Lauren Davidson

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Class cultivates food for thought

Posted on June 4, 2012 |
By Andrew Stein



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BRISTOL — Last week, through a muggy, overcast haze, science teacher Gabe Hamilton and his sophomore Biology of Foods class diligently tended the Mount Abraham Union High School garden.

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Summer volunteers tend school gardens

Posted on June 4, 2012 |
By Kaitlyn Kirkaldy



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ADDISON COUNTY –– Many Addison County schools have gardens that supply food to their lunch programs and teach students about agriculture during the academic year.

However, over the summer vacation, when these gardens need the most care, students are at home.

Three local schools — Ferrisburgh Central School, Lincoln Community School and Patricia A. Hannaford Career Center — have figured out how to address this issue, with solutions ranging from committees to parent involvement to partnering with youth day camps.

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